Zahirabad Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Zahirabad

| type = SLA

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (38-Zahirabad highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Zahirabad Assembly constituency within Telangana

| state = Telangana

| district = Sangareddy

| division =

| loksabha_cons = Zahirabad

| constituency_no = 38

| established = 1951

| reservation = SC

| abolished =

| mla = Koninty Manik Rao

| party = {{Party index link|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}

| alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2018

| electors = 2,26,878

}}

Zahirabad Assembly constituency is a SC reserved constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of five constituencies in Sangareddy district. It is part of Zahirabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Koninty Manik Rao, a retired RTO, is representing Bharat Rashtra Samithi for the first time defeating a long time sitting MLA and top brass Congress Leader J. Geeta Reddy.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

{{Static row numbers}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"

!Mandal

Zahirabad
Kohir
Nyalkal
Jharasangam
Mogudampally

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The constituency became reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes for the 2009 election and thereafter. The successful candidates have been:{{cite web |publisher=Infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/zahirabad.html |title=Zahirabad (SC) (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections |access-date=2017-07-18}}

= Hyderabad State =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Member

! colspan=2| Party

1952

| Gunde Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

= Andhra Pradesh =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Reservation

! Member

! colspan=2| Party

1957

| rowspan="11"| None

| rowspan="7"| M. Baga Reddy

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1962
1967
1972
1978

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}

1983

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

1985
1989

| Patlolla Narsimha Reddy

1994

| C. Baganna

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

1999

| rowspan="2"| Mohammed Fareeduddin

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

2004
2009

| rowspan="2"| SC

| rowspan="2"| J. Geeta Reddy

2014

= Telangana =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Reservation

! Member

! colspan=2| Party

2018

| rowspan=2| SC

| rowspan=2|Koninty Manik Rao{{Cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9691-telangana-general-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 20 February 2022}}

| {{Full party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}

2023

| {{Full party name with color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}

Election results

= 2023 =

{{Election box begin

| title = 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Zahirabad

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi

| candidate = Koninty Manik Rao

| votes =97,205

| percentage =46.49

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Agam Chandra Sekhar|votes=84,415|percentage=40.37|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ramchandra Raja Narasimha|votes=13,645|percentage=6.53|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=613|percentage=0.29|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=12,790|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=2,09,108|percentage=77.19|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Bharat Rashtra Samithi

| loser = INC

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin

| title = 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Zahirabad[https://www.oneindia.com/zahirabad-assembly-elections-ts-38/ Zahirabad Election Results 2018]

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

| candidate = Koninty Manik Rao

| votes = 96,598

| percentage = 51.14

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=J. Geeta Reddy|votes=62,125|percentage=32.89|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Jangam Gopi|votes=19,454|percentage=10.30|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,884|percentage=1.00|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=34,473|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,88,899|percentage=81.35|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

| loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

{{Election box begin

| title = 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Zahirabad{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043840/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=38 Zahirabad Results]}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = J. Geeta Reddy

| votes = 57,558

| percentage = 34.68

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telangana Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Koninty Manik Rao|votes=56,716|percentage=34.17|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Yerpula Narotham|votes=39,057|percentage=23.53|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=842|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,65,982|percentage=73.16|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References